United Kingdom Wagner, Brahms, R. Schumann: Sunwook Kim (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra / Alexandre Bloch (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 2.5.2024. (MBr)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Eroica by Heart: Nicholas Collon’s Aurora defies concert conventions in an unforgettable and heartfelt way
United Kingdom R. Strauss, Beethoven: Tom Service (presenter), Aurora Orchestra / Nicholas Collon (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 8.5.2024. (CSa)
Sad to witness MTT’s lapse of memory with the LSO in the Barbican Hall
United Kingdom Mahler: Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), Sopranos and Altos of the London Symphony Chorus (chorus director: Mariana Rosas), Tiffin Boys’ Choir (director: James Day), London Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor). Barbican Hall, London 12.5.2024. (JR)
Bruckner in the sure hands of an expert: Manfred Honeck conducts the Philharmonia at the RFH
United Kingdom Liszt, Bruckner: Alexandre Kantorow (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra / Manfred Honeck (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 9.5.2024. (JR)
Unaccompanied but never alone: Kavakos in a transcendent account of Bach’s set of six solo violin works
United Kingdom JS Bach: Leonidas Kavakos (violin). Barbican Hall, London, 2 and 3.5.2024. (CSa)
Rothko Chapel was SANSARA and Manchester Collective’s utterly remarkable, unforgettable concert
United Kingdom Various, Rothko Chapel: SANSARA, Manchester Collective. Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 5.5.2024 (CC)
Ryan Bancroft triumphs in American music in Cardiff
United Kingdom Barber, Ives: Benjamin Baker (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Ryan Bancroft (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 4.5.2024. (PCG)
Chineke! give characteristically life-affirming performances of music concerned with death
United Kingdom Goodyear, Berlioz, Garcia: Isabelle Peters (soprano), Idunnu Munch (mezzo-soprano), Zwakele Tshabalala (tenor), Rodney Earl Clarke (baritone), Chineke! Chorus and Orchestra / Malcolm J. Merriweather (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 3.5.2024. (CK)